Posted on 06/30/2006 6:20:04 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
The Palestinian militants have kidnapped a second Israeli soldier and have threatened to kill him unless Israel ends its military offensive in the Palestinian territories, the radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced overnight on Friday.
In a statement received by AFP in Gaza City, the armed group, loosely affiliated to Fatah Party, called for "the end of the Israeli offensive" and "the lifting of the blockade" in the territories.
"If our demands are not met, the Al-Aqsa Brigades will kill the kidnapped soldier," the statement said, without giving any details of the kidnapping.
The soldier was seized in the West Bank, the group said. They named him as Hoffmann Kfeir Samuel, aged 24, a resident of Hulul, south of Tel Aviv.
There was no immediate Israeli response to the kidnapping claim.
The group also demanded the release of Hamas ministers and deputies seized by Israeli forces following the earlier kidnapping of 19-year-old army corporal Gilad Shalit, along with the release of "all the other detained Palestinians".
The Israeli army launched a major air and ground offensive earlier this week, largely in the Gaza Strip, following the kidnapping of Shalit.
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ping!
The West Bank "Palestinians" don't want the Gaza "Palestinians" to have all the fun. Okay, you asked for it, dumb asses.
Nothing on Haaretz yet.
This is quite possibly the least intelligent group of people I have ever seen. Unless, of course, their intention is to push Israel to all out war. Then they're right on target with their tactics.
Oh boy...here we go..
How's that "land for peace" deal working out, Israel?
The sister paper of the New York Times.
Fine. Your existence ends here and now.
First it was knock out the power, Then the water. I think next on the israeli hit list is going to be some very high ranking pali's
Seize about ten thousand pali males, age 19-29, and then arrange a prisoner swap.
Bush administration: STOP handcuffing Israel and let them take out the trash!
Waiting for the lefties to demand a visit from the Red Cross for the captured soldier, and for his captors to abide by the Geneva Convention....
Translation of Major al-Qaeda Book that Outlines Its Plan for Defeating U.S. and Its Allies
Stay the course, Israel! Unfortunately, that soldier was dead the minute he was taken. Remove anything and everything in Gaza. Take the murdering terrorists and their families and make them disappear into Neverland.
The NYT would probably call them "militant."
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